He Comes Up Smiling

He Comes Up Smiling is a 1918 American comedy film produced by and starring Douglas Fairbanks and directed by Allan Dwan.

He Comes Up Smiling
Film poster
Directed byAllan Dwan
Produced byDouglas Fairbanks
Written byFrances Marion
Theodore Reed (scenario editor)
Based onHe Comes Up Smiling
by Charles Sherman
He Comes Up Smiling
by Byron Ongley and Emil Nyitray
StarringDouglas Fairbanks
CinematographyJoseph H. August
Hugh McClung
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
September 8, 1918
Running time
5 reels (4,876 feet)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

This film was based on a novel of the same title by Charles Sherman, which was adapted into a 1914 play of the same name by Byron Ongley and Emil Nyitray. Fairbanks starred in the play with Patricia Collinge as the female lead. This film "survives incomplete".[1]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,[2] the principal duty of bank clerk Jerry Martin is to care for the bank president's pet canary. The bird escapes and Jerry starts in pursuit. In a chase that takes him far afield, Jerry meets a hobo and decides to give up his bank job. Baron Bean (Montana), another hobo, becomes his valet, but they desert Jerry when he is taking a bath and steal his clothes. He finds a suit belonging to William Batchelor (MacQuarrie), a broker who is cooling off at a pool, and with the broker's business cards he passes himself off as Batchelor. He meets John Bartlett (Campeau) and his daughter Billie (Daw) and promptly falls in love. Her father is also a stock broker who has been nicked by Batchelor. An attempt is made to corner the market while Jerry is being entertained, but he foils the plotters, falls heir to a fortune, and wins the love of Billie.

Cast

Preservation

The surviving reels of He Comes Up Smiling were preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.[3]

References
  1. Vance, Jeffrey (2008). Douglas Fairbanks. University of California Press. p. 57. ISBN 978-0520256675. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
  2. "Reviews: He Comes Up Smiling". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 7 (16): 39–40. October 12, 1918.
  3. "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.


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